![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Sidorsky, National Cathedral School, Washington, DCĬopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. A few black-and-white photographs are included. A talking computer and her guide dog, Zephyr, brought her independence and freedom. The account is full of anecdotal incidents about other well-known authors including Rosemary Sutcliff and Katherine Paterson, but it is Little's refusal to let her disability dominate her life that makes this a memorable account. Renowned author Jean Little describes her childhood with a visual impairment, the early death of her father, the shock of losing her remaining sight to glaucoma, and her battle with depression. It is her experience with her guide dog, Zephyr, that is most engrossing, and this comes late in the book after a rather slow beginning. Often disheartened, she rose to the challenge of mastering a remarkable computer designed for blind writers. This device sets the tone for the author's memoirs of her later years: teaching disabled children, writing children's books, dealing with her declining eye sight, and getting a guide dog. Grade 5-7- Finding not only solace but also courage and inspiration in Emily Dickinson's poetry, Little introduces each chapter in her autobiography with an apt quotation from the poet's work. ![]()
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